File transfer between Xenix/Unix BSD systems: Question.
Wm E. Davidsen Jr
davidsen at sixhub.UUCP
Thu Dec 27 14:53:27 AEST 1990
In article <26074 at uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> srb at beach.cis.ufl.edu () writes:
|
| I need to transfer files between Xenix 386 2.3.2 and Unix
| BSD 4.2 systems. Direction is from Xenix to Unix. We
| do not have direct connection between these two systems.
| Tar and dump do not work, obviously not compatible.
I go tar from Xenix to both SunOS and Ultrix, I'm not sure what is
obviously incompatible about it. I feel much better going with cpio with
the -c (ASCII header) option, though, since it insured backing up
certain special files and empty directories correctly.
Xenix:
find . -depth -print | cpio -oBca > file/or/device
BSD:
cpio -iBcdm < file/or/device
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